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Thursday, February 27, 2014

Link Dump

I've been absolutely hoarding running and fitness articles. I'm truly the worst. I see all these great links come across Facebook and Twitter, and I bookmark them for later. Please tell me I'm not the only one who does this!

And this isn't even the entire list!

Anyway, I finally got a chance to read some. Here are a few that are definitely worth the bookmark.

Stretches & Exercises

Hip Strengthening Exercises: this article has some great, simple exercises for hips. I try to keep my hips strong to keep my IT Band from acting up, and it really helps. I've got a collection of these links, because I'm always looking for more and better exercises for my hips. See also: The Best IT Band Routine EVER.

Hamstring Exercises: Many women face injury from weak hamstrings. These are some great, simple exercises to keep your hammies healthy and happy!

The New Core Curriculum: Ah, a core curriculum I can get behind 100%! Your core is NOT just your abs, and it's so important to have core strength to keep you upright and in perfect posture during your runs.This video is easy-to-follow and effective!

5 Mental Barriers, Smashed!: The mental part of running is so important, especially when facing new, longer distances. I've become much stronger mentally this year, but I still have improvements to make.

Run the Tangents: Nothing is worse than running an extra half mile at the end of a long, grueling race. I'm so bad at running tangents; this article helps.

The Magic of Mantras: Relentless Forward Progress. I Can Do Hard Things. Transcend. Each running mantra helps me at a different point in my training, and science supports their use! Here are some of the best from some of the most talented runners around.

In other news, this week I did T25 and a three mile fun run on Wednesday, after doing four fast-ish miles on Tuesday. Ouch! I'm resting today. I need to remember not to push it, and just to have fun!

I've loved this store ever since my sister worked there years ago.

Afterward I used the opportunity to spend half my gift card from my MIL. I'll do a review on the item I bought sometime soon! Here's a hint: I've been wanting one since Ragnar, and it's freaking amazing.Share a must-read link in the comments!Have you read any of these articles? What are your thoughts?

12 comments:

This is such an awesome post, Ali! You have given me way too much material to read tonight :) Thank you so much for including my first-time marathoner post in this incredible list. I love that you are sharing such great content for all of us to read and learn from. Happy running! xoxo

I love that RW mantra article! I'm so glad they included Jurek's "this is what you came for" mantra. Even if I wasn't obsessed with Scott I think I'd still love that one. It perfectly describes both the good and the bad times in a race!

Thanks for sharing! I am now bookmarking THIS so I can explore the links this weekend. :) I like this link: http://www.jtsstrength.com.php53-2.ord1-1.websitetestlink.com/articles/2014/01/10/34-training-tips-women/

Thanks for all the links! I will definitely be checking some of those out! I'm also an article hoarder - I bookmark and then forget!I hope you had a fabulous weekend! I saw some of your photos on IG :)